Example sentences of "saw [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The district believed in the benefits of decentralisation but not a complete separation , whereas the unit saw its interests in wider terms than the district , as a provider of regional specialities , and wanted complete independence to pursue them . |
| 2 | In the simplest I found that many owners saw their houses as white elephants . |
| 3 | What had happened in the nineteenth century was a relaxation in the definition of orthodoxy : Nonconformists no longer saw their chapels in virtual juxtaposition to the world about them . |
| 4 | Yesterday 's issue of The Guardian stated : ’ farmers saw their incomes in real terms plummet 21 per cent in 1990 to their lowest position for 50 years . |
| 5 | He thus saw his campaigns of non-violent non-co-operation as a challenge to British confidence in the rightness of their position in India . |
| 6 | But once I think we were , we were going in a mad rush er , each saw his responsibilities for that word , and that 'll do , and then we 'd say yes , and stuck it here . |
| 7 | A secret which saw our mothers through many a crisis . |